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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07
a NEW CHAPTER IN RAILROAD HIS
TORY.

Globe Democra'.
The Missouri Pacific, or Pueblo and
State Line. as the road is called in Col
orado, was completed to Pueblo Decem-
Der before midnight, On December 2
the temporary bridge across the Arkan-
sas was completed so as to permit con-
struction trains to cross. The bridge was
built in less than two days, and its rapid
construction was almost equal to some
bridge building during the war. After
the construction trains were across it did
not take long to complete laying the rails
to a connection with the Denver & Rio
Grande. Here force Of Rio Grande
men took charge Of the work and at pre-
ciselv o'clock, amid the cheers of 5000
spectators, a connection was made be-
tween the Missouri Pacific and the Den
yer q Rio Grande railroad, and the
BIG 60-pound rails met the
40-pound steel Of the Baby Line, uniting
the two most enterprising and indomita-
bic railroad systems in the United States.
The first regular train over the new road
will leave Pueblo this morning, Dec. 5,
at o'clock, st. Louis time, and Will be
known as the st. Louis express Another
train will follow this one at $40 p. M.
The new road will be operated by the
Mallory & Fitzgerald Construction COM
pany until about Jan. l. as far as Horace,
which is f10 miles from Pueblo Pas
sengers will 90 through to Kansas City
| the same as if it were already in the
! A.
They will change cars at Harris0nville
for st. Louis. 1t is supposed the rail-
road company will take possession about
the first of next month. What
sort of combination the Missouri Paci-
| fic' has made with the Denver &
Rio Grande is not publicly known, but it
is evident that they are getting pretty
| thick The new road taps the Denver
! & Rio Grande, only a short distance
from its depot, and at a point excellently
/ located for an exchange OF business. 1t
! looks as if the two roads were going to
/ form a grand continuous through line
| from the west to the east. from Los An
/ geles to St Louis, with a switch of 100
miles running out at right angles to &C
/ commOdate such passengers as wish to
! get off and 90 up to Denver. Pueblo S
big celebration of the completion of the
! Missouri Pacific to that point will be
| held on Wednesday of this week. George
! Gould. S. II. Il. Clark and other
officials OF the company will be present on
/ that day. In the meantime the Rio Grande
is hurrying the laying Of its third rail
between Pueblo, Leadville, Aspen and
Glenwood Springs, as that company has
no broad-gauge equipment, it certainly
| looks as the Missouri Pacific would fur
nish it. The Missouri Pacific will run
! trains from Pueblo to Denver over the
Rio Grande road after January /, 1888.
and may conclude to do so 4 few days
earlier The laying of the third rail be-
tween Pueblo and Trinidad to accommo-
date the Denver, Texas & Fort Worth
road is almost finished and that com
pany will probably commence running
trains between the points named about
/ j anuarV !.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07
ALAND DECISION AFFIRMED.

The department OF the interior has al
frmed the decision of the general land
Office rendered some time ago IN the case
of Stockton VS.. Dittman. a presumption
contest involving the west half of the
southeast quarter of section 24. town
ship 81 south. range s east, Usage Indian
trust and diminished reserve lands.
Wichita. Kan. Four filings have been
made on the land. the first one April Is,
! 1888. by Godfrey Dittman, alleging set
tlement on that date. On May IS. Henry
g. Logsdon filed declaratory statement
for the land. and Frank Clark followed
with another on July >. Theodore
Stockton filed declaratOry statement
/ for the same tract August 9,
alleging settlement August ,. In No
vember Dittman submitted proof. to
which Stockton filed protest, and at a
hearing held in December Logston and
( Clark made default. The local land
office sustained the claims of Dittman.
/ but the general land office in January
/ 1886. reversed the decision: and Dittman
appealed.
| The attorney on behalf Of Dittman
! shows that he was old and poor; that he
went on the land in April. got out some
stone and hauled some humber III May.
and during the latter part of the month
/ he built a house 12Xl4 feet; that he fur
nished it scanty. it being only partly
fioored: that he broke five acres Of ground
and planted fifty peach trees: that he
first slept on the land in the last
of May, pretty nearly every night in
/ july. August and September and part OF
the time in October, and that he was on
the land in November: that he had no
cooking arrangements on the land and
that his meals were brought To him from
the residence of Mrs. Neubecker, a
quarter Of a mile distant. where the
claimant had boarded in March and
where his son still lived: and. finally:
that his house was destroyed by fire
November Is. the day before final proof
was submitted.
The testimony on behalf Of Stockton
tended TO show that DittmaR'S real resi-
deuce was with his son az Mrs. NeubecA-
er'S: that Dittman had not lived on the
land as stated that Stockton had been a
resident of the land since August 4, lSSS,
and had a house. and 3 corn-crib and
some breaking besides, having planted
some rye. and dug and walled up a
/ spring.
The department Of the interior. in its
, final disposition of the case, refers 20 the
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07
PROCTOR KNOTT KNOCKED OUT.
Seward Courant on Kansas.

Seward Courant on Kansas.
Hesperian Home Land,
Sun-Kissed, Moonbean, Shimmered
and Star-Begrit Vale of the Arkansas,
Famed by Cooling Zephyrs from the
Snow-Capped Rockies.
Fragrant With an Endless Variety OF
Blooming Flowers and Blessed by the
Abundant Fruitage of Ten Thousand
Fertile Fields
Beyond Are Oceans of Verdure and
Gold, Where the Seed Cast Abroad
Yields Myriad Fold.
Seas of Grain Faithfully Answer the
Prayer of Mankind, and the Blaze of the
Blossom Makes a Bride of the Wind.
And the Sun Flower Shines Like the
Orient in Bloom, and the Bees Are
Abroad with Their Buzzing and Boom.
Never laundering Amiss. for There :
Something to Kiss. Where Rainbow.
Colored Flowers. and Bud, Blossom and
Fruit Grace the Gardens Together.
There Away to the West Without
Fences and Bars Flocks F'reckle the
Plain Like the Thick of the Stars.
Reaching Southwark, a Most Magnitic,
ent Wild. with Dimples OF Canons, as Il
the Universe Smiled.
Arkansas Falr Ndie, WIFI llS diloIs
of God. Where the Souls of the Flowers
Rise and Drift All Abroad.
Fruit Trees in Their Orchards, ano
Vegetables Run Wild, No Orphan
Among Them. Each Natures Owr
Child.
O. Wonderful Land, Where the Tur
bulent Sand VIII Burst into BloOma.t the
Touch of a Hand.
And the Erstwhile Desert, Baptized
Shall Prove an Eden Disguised.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07
No Doubt About It.

Cimarron JacksOnIan
The Wichita EAGLE insists on the
farmers of southwestern Kansas sending
north for their seed corn, in.order TO get
a GRAIN that will mature in a short sea-
son. Northern Iowa corn. planted early,
will mature in this country before the
dry weather of July and August sets IN.
We firmly believe the EAGLE to be right.
The farmers of southwestern Kansas
oueht by all means to secure northern
seed corn, plow deep, plow early. cult
yate same as an Illinois farmer would do,
and the com yield viii surprise the ma
ton. All indications are that next will
be great crop year. Prepare to sow
that We may reap.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

\ special dispatch to the Globe-Demo-
crat, from Little Rock, Ark, Of date De-
cember 3. says: ''Chief Engineer Hug
gins, of the Arkansas Valley route, who
is here, states that the laying of track on
the Kansas extension Will be commenced
Monday at the crossing of the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas railroad, and be pushed
through to Van Buren,, Ark, as rapidly
as possible. The.distance to be covered
is eighty-fve miles. The road is already
in operation a distance OF $50 miles from
Little Rock to Van Buren,, and it is ex-
pected through trains will be running
from Little Rock to Fort Gibson within
ninety days. All these lines are part Of
the Missouri Pacific system This i'm
pOrtant branch to Wichita'S splendid
system of railroads has been referred to
in these columns repeatedly and its value
when completed is fully appreciated.
The news of the progress Of the work as
above is gratifying.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

The Ffftieth congress will convene to-
day-a congress from which the country
wants but little, but wants that little bad.
If a bill reducing the surplus could he
formulated and passed in q week congress
could adjourn and the Democrats could
face their constituents with cheerful faces.
Kansas City Times
All. yes; and what would the Demo-
Gratis not give if they and their obstinate
boss in the white house had not brought
about the conditions they would now so
gladly dispel: Happy they would be no
doubt and with faces wreathed in smiles;
would hasten TO meet on incenSed business
community if they could but undo their
fool9ardy work of less than year ago
that has caused general stagnation to
business and we'll nigh brought panic
upon the land. We shall see what they
viii DO as if to make amends.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

fact that 1.-THE only qualification and
condition required to authorize an entry
upon the Usage Indian trust and dimIn-
ished reserve land, is that the claimant
must be an actual settler on the land at
the date of entry, and must have the
qualifications of pre-emptor;" and says
that it is clearly shown by the record
that Dittman was at no time prior to his
offer of final proof an actual settler with
in the meaning of the law. The case IS,
therefore, decided against Dittman. This
decision virtually makes it more difficult
to ''prove up Usage Indian land than
ordinary pre-emption claims, and estab-
fishes precedent which. it is believed
will affect hundreds of contests now
pending in the Wichita, Larned and
Garden CITY districts.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

The opinion is becoming very prevalent
that Hutchinson is built upon the spot
where Lots wife was turned into pillar
Of salt, and that Wichita is built upon the
ground where that doomed city of Sodom
stood. There are many things In the his
tory of these Kansas towns to strengthen
such belief, and that history may repeat
itself in the present century. hutchinson
has on several occasions said that there Is
not a righteous man, no not one, III
Wichita, and she has several times, OF
late, turned her head partially around to
shy a look over her left shoulder at
Wichita We tremble for the consequences
when she boldly turns around and looks
at Sodom with both eyes.-Great Bend
Tribune.
The point as 10 our envious nelghbor
is well taken but the idea of comparing
Wichita to Sodom. Why don't you
come down to Wichita some time and
disabu5e your mind: Are you afraid to
venture so near to the celestial regions:
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07
The presidents message. which we

The presidents message, which we
publish this morning, must prove a sore
disappointment to his ardent admirers
who expected state paper commensur-
ate with the dignity of his position and
the Importance of the occasion calling
for such communication. The president
contents himself with fairly lengthy
resume of platitudes and socalled argu-
ments that have been iterated and reiter-
ated by the Democratic press ana speak
ers of the country for years on the tariff
question, utterly ignoring other
domestic questions of pressing
concern as well as others of no less i'm
portance pertaining to our foreign rela-
tons. The truth is it is a hard matter
to properly size up a matter in which
there is so little.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

The president hardly gave the clerks
of the two houses o. congress time to
finish the reading of his mastery COM
munication, otherwise message. before
he commenced to fire nominations for
important offices at the senate. leading
of with that of Secretary Larmar to the
supreme court bench. The demands of
the hungry horde are of vastly greater
Importance TO the president and the party
he stands for than the needs of the coun-
try, and what he lacked in the way of
recommendations to congress of matters
for legislation he hopes to make up in
recommendations of appointments to of
ticial position. And this is what is called
reform administration. Bah.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

The sentencing of the lord-mayor of
Dublin, Ir. Sullivan, for printing re-
ports of the doings Of suppressed branches
of the National League in his paper, and
the hauling up of Mr.. Timothy Harring-
ton for the same offense last Friday con-
stitute the chief coercion incidents
in Ireland during the week. 1t is stated
that on his trial Mr. Sullivan wore his
official robe and gold chain, and was at
tended by his sword-bearer and other
civic functionaries. 1t is not probable
that he will insist on wearing his robe
and chain during his months in jail. but
If he should lie would be in no danger of
being robbed of them, as poor Mr.. o.
Brien was of his trousers, by the prison
hirelings. Mr.. Sullivan is Il first-cIass
misdemeanant and VIII be treated as
such.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07
Affair Vote and Honest Count.

PhlIaUtIpnla fItSS-
Sectional bitterness has but little place
in the north at the present time. and
what remains can be removed at once by
the south granting a fair vote and an
honest count The best time for it to
say what course it will pursue on this
question is now. If it is granted this
issue will be removed from politics and
the parties can turn their attention to
the economic questions that are pressing
for settlement.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

The decision of the United States Su-
preme court in the noted case Of Heigler
and DiebOld VS.. the State of Kansas,
sustaining the constitutionality OF the
state prohibitory law ought to set at
rest the continual higgiing of the oppo-
sition on that point. 1t is a great vic
tory for prohibition and will be hailed
with Joy by the friends of that cause
throughout the land; and no doubt a
number of states, by their legislatures.
will be encouraged to take action which
have hitherto been deferred by the doubt
that hung upon that point. And con-
gress may find some stimulous to action
in the premises. Surely the decision
mentioned and the almost certain action
of congress in abolishing the internal
revenue system are most encouraging
auguries for the final triumph of the
cause of prohibition in its national appli-
cation.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

OF course it was only a chance COIN
cidence, but the third president OF the
third French republic sent in his compul-
sorry resignation on the thirty-sixth an
niversary of the strangling of the second
republic by Louis Napoleon. 1t was the
recollection of that tragic event and the
the presence of supposedly strong repre-
sentatives of that negime that caused
such deep soiicitude extant for the out
come of the last eposode.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

A number of British subjects in Chi
cago are opposed to the scheme for a
wholesale naturalization of Canadians
and Englishmen resident in the United
States. They held a meeting the other
night and refused to become American
citizens. Very We'll there is no COM
pulsion in the matter. This country
is not begging any one to become a
citizen.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

Considering how much they have to
bear in the way of disappointment at the
polls, the prohibitionistS are lucky in
possessing at New York a newspaper
that can be relied upon to be consoling
and cheering whatever happens. They
have been waiting with natural impa-
tience to hear from the Voice on the
subject of the recent mysterious and
affective dispensation at Atlanta. The
Voice is now heard from. 1t welcomes
the defeat at Atlanta better for the cause
than victory-if the southern brothers
lay its lessons to heart. One of these is
that ''non-partisan prohibition IS no
match for partisan liquor they must
go boldly into politics as a party. Anoth-
er is that constitutional prohibition is the
thing to tie up to-not local option which
is "a fight never over, a wheel without a
rachel. a hanging of stone in mid-alr.
The Voices correspondent at Atlanta
fully corroborates Colonel Grady's teSti-
mony as to the important part played in
the proceedings by Yellowstone Kit, an
itinerant vender Of alleged medicines,
who suddenly began making anti-prohi-
bition speeches the Tuesday before cleo
ton. THE negroes actually feared
him. writes the correspondent, land al
most worshiped him. He rode through
the streets at night followed by thou
sands of them, yelling like wild men.
They lifted him from his carriage, and
from the sidewalk listened to his wild
harangues. The scenes beggared de-
scription.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

Fifteen 10 twenty millions of dollars
saved to the people of the west in the
matter of freight upon merchandise is 4
pretty big thing, and if Receiver McNul-
~ OF the Wabash railroad. who by his
firmness in holding rates at. prevailing
figures could be encouraged I, maintain
his hold the people viii esteem him q
public benefactor. Nor IS there danger
that such action viii bankrupt any rail
road. The poor operatives would be made
10 bear the loss, the ones least able TO
sustain it. OF course the rate per cent
of dividends must be maintained.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

What with the carcass of one of Bar
NUNS dead elephants on the beach at
Long Branch and dead whale on the
lake beach at Chicago those localities will
be redolent with rare odors with the
return of the suns warm rays in the
spring time,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07
WICHITA AND PUEBLO.

The Missouri Pacific extension from
Wichita and from Salina has been COM
pleted to Pueblo, and that city will
tender complimentary banquet
through its board of trade to the officers
of the Missouri Pacific and others. The
invitation is beautiful affair, and very
unique. To the banquet which occurs
on the evening of the 18th, the editor of
the EAGLE acknowledges the result of
an invitation. The EAGLE congratulates
Mr. S. II. Mallory, upon the COM
pletion of the great enterprise which is
of such Importance to both Pueblo and
Wichita.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07
The-Voters' Eeagle Heye.

Kansas CITY Iles.
The prediction is made that the chief
object of both parties in the coming ses-
sion of congress will be to prevent the
other side from doing anything But
should such be the case let it not be for
gotten that the voters Of this country are
not fools They will locate the response
bilitv.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

Frank Hatton is editor of a new penny
paper which made its first appearance
in New York yesterday. twill no doubt
figure prominently in the next cam
paign. Mr. Hatton is one of the best
posted politicians in the country and is
rated a terse, trenchent writer.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

The open gas Jet with the flame extin-
guished is no respector of persons; a
congressman is as susceptible to its as
phvxiating influence as the festive cow
boy. Representative Martin of Texas
is the last victim of forgetfulness or
Ignorance
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

So far as expressed the views on a pos
tai telegraph are somewhat diverse
among the congressman who have ar
rived at Washington. If brought before
congress at the present session it is not
expected anything will be accomplished
more than to introduce a bill and dis
c11cS Ii
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

The bogus dynamite bomb is the ia
vorite now with the practical joker. 1t
will set the bristles up endwise on vic
TINS head as quick as the advent of a
graveyard ghost or a strange baby in a
basket on the front stoop.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

With all the lobbying and lobbyists
now on and to appear at the national
capitol we see nothing in relation to the
interstate commerce law. What has
become of the howl of six months ago
against the law. anyhow:
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

Mayor Hewitt of New York says the
recording angel writes short hand. The
presidents confidence in the mayors
prophetic powers is a plausible explana-
ton for the unusual brevity of his mes
Sa0e TO CONGRESS.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

The Prohibitionists got the sinche on
the woman suffragists in getting before
congress with a memorial. The first
matter laid before the senate after its or
ganiZation was a memorial from Tennes-
see asking for an amendment to the con-
stitution prohibiting the importation,
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
hpllprc
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

Anotherttheory advanced for the presi-
dents surprisingly short message to con-
gress is that he made such heavy drafts
unon the encyclopedias for his swing
around-the-circle speeches in the fall that
the unused portion were not sufficient to
make his last communication longer.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07
Precisely SO.
New York Sun.

New York sun
If the government takes and runs the
telegraph why may it not proceed to
take and run the railroads and express
companies, to work the mines and oil
wells, and then go to the management of
all manufactures and finally to the con-
troll and monopoly of all business, to the
entire destruction of all enterprise:
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07
Very Weak Sisters.

Kansas City Times.
Something to think over, says the Pro
hibition Voice: For president, Clinton
B. Fisk: of New Jersey: for vice-pres!-
dent, Sam Small, of Georgia. 1t takes
Just about two seconds to think over
that ticket and decide that the candidates
are very weak sisters
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

If the decided stand taken by the
North Carolina delegation in congress
may be taken as fair reflection of
southern sentiment on the question of
abolishing the internal revenue system
and there seems to be no doubt that it
is-it may be safely predicted that course
will be taken by congress in reducing,the
excessive receipts of the government.
The southern wing of the Democratic
party is mainly responsible for the alb
normal condition of the country's finan-
cieS. and the handwriting is too plainly
visible for them longer to ignore it. The
relief has been long in coming but ii
seems near al last.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

If the Democratic congress undertakes
to lay its paralyzing hand upon all indus
try this winter the outlook may be sud-
denly changed, but it now looks as if the
winter of 1887 would find the people of
this country busy, and that is the best
thing that can happen to mankind.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07
EXCHANGE ECHOES.
To Have an Interstate Fair.

Kansas City star
Wichita is to have an interstate fair
next season. Secretary j. w. Hartzell
was in the city this morning making ar
engagements with Captain Webster for
the transfer of stock and horses from the
Kansas City grounds to those OF Wichita
next season.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07

a letter from Cairo, Egypt, dated Nov
ember l. closes the very instructive and
readable series of foreign letters which
Col NJ Stewart has been writing for the
Wichita EAGLE.-Newton Republican.
The foregoing estimate of Col. Stew
arts utters though brief, from the pen
of Mr.. Noble Prentis is indeed high
compliment. Mr.. Premise made tour
of the same reigns visited 10y Col. Stew
art and wrote number of exceedingly
interesting letters descriptive of the
country. Mr.. Prentis is, besides, com,
petent judge of literary merit.